Skip to main content Save this story Save this storyThe first look at the fab four in Sam Mendes’ Beatles biopics has arrived—in the mail. Yesterday (January 29), the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts, which was co-founded by Paul McCartney, sent out postcards with photos of Paul Mescal, Barry Keoghan, Harris Dickinson, and Joseph Quinn as their respective characters. Mescal plays McCartney, Keoghan plays Ringo Starr, Dickinson plays John Lennon, and Quinn plays George Harrison. See the cast below.All four of Mendes’ films—the first scripted movies to be granted the Beatles’ life and music rights—are currently set to be released on April 7, 2028, according to Variety. The Beatles – A Four-Film Cinematic Event also stars Saoirse Ronan as Linda McCartney, Mia McKenna-Bruce as Maureen Starkey Tigrett, Anna Sawai as Yoko Ono, Aimee Lou Wood as Pattie Boyd, James Norton as Brian Epstein, and Harry Lloyd as George Martin.Revisit Simon Reynolds’ essay “How Rock and the Royals Jostled for Britain’s Cultural Identity During the Queen’s Lifetime.” Paul Mescal as Paul McCartney in The Beatles – A Four-Film Cinematic Event (Courtesy of Sony Pictures) Harris Dickinson as John Lennon in The Beatles – A Four-Film Cinematic Event (Courtesy of Sony Pictures) Barry Keoghan as Ringo Starr in The Beatles – A Four-Film Cinematic Event (Courtesy of Sony Pictures) Joseph Quinn as…
Published: January 30, 2026 3:24 pm
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